At the Chicago O'Hare...

(This post was actually written July 20 at 3 pm)

I am sitting in the airport in Chicago. I paid over $11 for lunch. It is hot. There are so many people sitting in my flight gate area that I’m having to sit in another gate area for the time being. Ridiculous. But God is good J I met someone coming off the plane who is flying to Denver for a Christian Retreat Week. He called it a “spiritual retreat,” and I was thinking, He must think I’m a total heathen. So we talked about his wife, his plans for the future, my plans for the present…just chatting, you know. But I’m getting ahead of myself, aren’t I? I must first tell you how my airport drop-off went…

First of all, I woke up at 6 am in order to be at the church by 7 to say bye to people. Silly me, to think that people would actually get up that early to see me off ;) So I went into the gym and beckoned to Ashley and Heather who were doing P90x and they came out and gave me hugs J

Then it was off to the airport! I rode with my Mom, Amy, and Abby, and we had a mini photo-shoot in the car:

Isn’t she precious?! So then we got to the airport. And the moment of truth arrived. The shuttle was ready to depart. I gave final hugs (and almost cried a few times!), took final pictures, and boarded the shuttle.

Security check-point was a drag. Per usual. Waiting by myself to board the plane was LAME. Flying by myself was kinda nice, though, because I didn’t have to talk to anyone and I got to sleep the WHOLE time! Here was my view from the plane before take-off:

And here’s how excited I was to be alive and going to Germany!!!

And then I landed. And met the bible man, Amos (isn’t that an awesome name?! And he said he has 2 brothers name Eli and Isaac. Too cool!). And overpaid for lunch. And here I sit. Debating on whether or not to pay for the internet so I can post this blog. I think not. I’ll just post it when I get to Germany. Maybe.

So my current worries/prayer requests:

-     Safe flight to Munich, then Hanover, then that Wilhelm will be able to find me at the airport to pick me up

-     That the bag I checked in will not get lost in translation

-     That I will be just what this family needs

-     That I will have integrity in all my dealings

-     That I will be able to find an adapter/converter that I will be able to use (and afford!)

-     That I will NOT GET SICK!!! J

Now I think I’ll do some Bible reading.

Later, awesome people who are actually reading my blog!